Last night, I spent the evening flipping back and forth between Fox and MSNBC (aka DNC Hqs) to compare and contrast their election coverage. In my (biased) view, Fox handled it professionally. Their commentators were a mix of liberal and conservative. MSNBC, on the other hand, was MSNBC. The five commentators were Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell and Eugene (Chuckles) Robinson, partisans all . Ed Schultz, the butter and egg man, was in Las Vegas covering the Reid campaign HQs. To put it mildly, the mood at MSNBC was gloomy-and angry.
During their coverage, they interviewed Republicans like Michelle Bachmann and Eric Cantor. The tone of the interviews was angry, aggressive and insulting. Matthews could barely contain his anger, while Olbermann proceeded to mock each of them.
"If you cut taxes, how's the government gonna get money?"
How about, "They aren't getting it."
You talk about unprofessional.
"Ya talk about chickensh--!"
Of course, they cheered up when Reid won. I thought they were going to pop the champagne corks when it was announced that the "white shining knight of the Democratic Party" had prevailed over Sharron Angle.
And yet, Washington Post propagandist and MSNBC contributor Dana Milbank writes a column accusing Fox News of "cheerleading" the election. Never mind that Fox had on several Democrats as guests; Bob Beckel, Alan Colmes, Doug Schoen, Kirsten Powers, Geraldine Ferraro, Juan Williams etc. How many conservatives were on MSNBC last night covering the election?
0.
Also gloomy and angry was Florida congressman and 2010 Fousesquawk "Jerk of the Year", Alan Grayson, who made this "graceful" concession speech:
So the Republicans gained some 62 seats and swept into power in the House. They appear to have gained 5 Senate seats with a couple still being counted, and Lisa Murkowsky appears to have classlessly won Alaska-after she was beaten in the primary. The big disappointment for the Republicans was that Harry Reid and his "ground team" prevailed in Nevada. On the other hand, Nancy Pelosi is now the Spoker of the House.
Other less noted victories are the gain in governorships and the fact that 19 state legislatures changed from Democrat to Republican. That will have consequences with re-districting and the 2012 elections.
California on the other hand, continued its mad drive off the cliff by exhuming Jerry Brown and putting him back in the governor's office. They might as well have filled the hole with California and shoveled the dirt back over it. Barbara Boxer was re-elected based on her long record of partisan bickering and no legislative achievements. Proposition 23 went down insuring the implementation of California's Global Warming Final Solutions Act.
Indeed.
In addition, all the old Dems were re-elected; in other words, California sealed its doom. It is now clearer than ever before that the makers in the state are outnumbered by the takers-aided by the liberal elite. There is nothing left other than for sensible people to get out and leave the state to the illegal aliens and Hollywood set.
I just hope the Republicans don't do what they did in 1994 when they were swept into power and forgot why they were elected. I guarantee you that if the Republicans do not fulfill their promises this time, they will become America's third party (after the Tea Party, which will go from being a movement to a bonafide party). The Republicans on are probation. I hope they understand that. Their mission is to stop the Obama agenda.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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"There is nothing left other than for sensible people to get out and leave the state to the illegal aliens and Hollywood set."
Don't let the door hit you on your way out!
"Their mission is to stop the Obama agenda."
Not sure how they're going to do that without control of the Senate. That means everyone is going to have to compromise, which means Tea Partiers might not be so happy. Also, shouldn't their mission be to fix the economy? That's what people care about the most right now.
"Other less noted victories are the gain in governorships and the fact that 19 state legislatures changed from Democrat to Republican. That will have consequences with re-districting and the 2012 elections."
In other words: let the gerrymandering begin!
There are some high points in the local election. Representative John Campbell won, by a large margin, to send Beth Krom back down the road to Irvine. Lalloway won to keep a conservative voice in the Irvine Counsel. Jesse Petrilla, a young, honest up and coming man won in Rancho Santa Margarita.
It is true that the "takers" or "dependency class", as Mark Steyn calls them, was the force that put governor "Moonbeam" and Senator Boxer back in the State Capitol. Like many of the "makers" or "productive class" as Steyn reports, small businesses will be ordering U-Hauls to leave. If that possiblity disturbs the "takers", they can go to Venice Beach and sign up for medical marijuana and purchase a bag for the anxiety.
Proposition 23 went down insuring the implementation of California's Global Warming Final Solutions Act.
Seriously, Gary? Seriously? A holocaust comparison to something that's established science?
Seriously?
Awaiting lame denial in 3...2...1...
Illinois, the land of Lincoln, the home state of Obama, has gone RED.
Can Obama win it in 2 years?
Anonymous,
Believe me, if I were alone in this world with no family- I would have been gone by now. Unfortunately, there is more than one vote in the family.
Fix the economy?Yes, indeed, if we can rollback Obama care and stop his mad agenda, that will go a long way. If it means the Senate republicans filibuster his mad schemes, do it.
Gerrymandering-yes, a sleazy tactic, but if one side does it so does the other side.
Lance,
Here is your lame denial. SB32 (*or is it AB 32) was originally named the California Global Warming Final Solutions Act.
I didn't name it-they did. I guess they took off final solutions when people started deriding them for it.
Well Gary, you and I have something in common. We are both relieved by the way people voted thousands of miles away, and disappointed by the way things went closer to home. You're probably more pleased with the bozos I'm stuck with than I'm pleased with the bozos you're stuck with.
The Tea Party has already bungled its ill-defined mission, as Right Angle and Not-A-Witch showed us. However, some healthy blood-letting in the primaries was clearly good for the Republicans, and I look forward to a massive round of primary fights for the Democrats all over the country too.
Findalis, considering that George McGovern lost South Dakota for president in 1972, then was re-elected senator in 1974, anything is possible for Obama in Illinois. I'm tickled by McGovern's story of how he knew he would lose in 1980. He was campaigning at a local supermarket, and a couple of women told him he was too liberal. That's not when he knew. When he watched them paying for their groceries with food stamps, he knew he was doomed.
Yes, but what have you done for me LATELY?
I think we can agree that Angle, O'Donnell and Paladino were lousy candidates, and that someone else would have won. Yet, they are the ones the voters chose in the primaries.
Okay, you got me on that one. Definitely not the best title for well...anything for at least another 100 years or so.
Too bad California didn't legalize pot just when we are going to really need it.
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Miggie, you just made me laugh, and I don't mean that as an insult.
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